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Monday, 22 December 2014

More singles
from those kind PR folks. Will they get
lost in the Xmas bonkers weeks? Time
will only tell:

Centre
Excuse – Worthless (New Motion Records)

Nice enough
Indie 80s sounding pop effort. A tale of
worthlessness from Teddy Lewis who does everything on the single from vocals,
synths and programming to a ripping guitar which energises the track. Catchy
chorus and loads of life.

More from
the utterly insane Dinosaurs At My Caravan album. A song about, well, snow. Full of life and a mini lesson in science
complimented with their trademark brass section. Not as strong as some of the
other tracks on the album, but it is Xmas.

Stella
Chronopoulou (aka Σtella) releases a
delightful modern day Indie disco/dance single.
Athens born Stella has a strng voice at times not unlike La Roux. Picing Words is taken from the forthcoming
Happened Before album. A supern bass
line underpins a highly infectious melody and vocal. Definatly one to watch an an album to look
forward to.

Leeds based duo The Ship-Tones will be
releaseing reggae reworks of standard rock znd pop tracks featuring the
original vocalist. First up is the
legend that is Edwyn Collins with a version of th track fro 2013s Undertstated
album. A delightful lazy roots track
with some lovely subtle dubs. Collins’
vocals compliment the style perfectly and an album from The Ship-Tones is
eagerly awaited here at hiapop Blog.

Tim Held allows the word free access to
another of his incredible workings in th form of a free download. 2014s Alb(Lum) was a major triumph and his
January scheduled follow up, TypicalHaunts looks like following suit. Pimp Squad isn’t included on the album but
does give us an insight into the experimental world of Held with cut-ups,
crunches and bassy beats. Brilliant
stuff.